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Forestall [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

2. Why need a man forestall his date of grief, and run to meet what he would most avoid?

3. To hinder by preoccupation or prevention.

4. I will not forestall your judgment of the rest.

5. In law, to buy or bargain for corn, or provisions of any kind, before they arrive at the market or fair, with intent to sell them at higher prices. This is a penal offense.

6. To deprive by something prior. [Not in use.]

Forestall [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance.

3. To deprive; -- with of.

4. To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.

Forestalled [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Anticipated; hindered; purchased before arrival in market.

Forestalled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Forestaller [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who forestalls; a person who purchases provisions before they come to the fair or market, with a view to raise the price.

Forestaller [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.

Forestalling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Anticipation; prevention; the act of buying provisions before they are offered in market, with intent to sell them at higher prices.

Forestalling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Anticipating; hindering; buying provisions before they arrive in market, with intent to sell them at high prices.

Forestalling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Priority Roget’s Thesaurus §116

N. priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence, precession, precursor, the past, premises

V. precede, come before, forerun, go before, preexist, dawn, presage, herald, usher in, be beforehand, steal a march upon, anticipate, forestall, have the start, gain the start

Adj. prior, previous, preceding, precedent, anterior, antecedent, pre- existing, pre-existent, former, foregoing, aforementioned, before- mentioned, abovementioned, aforesaid, said, introductory

Adv. before, prior to, earlier, previously, afore, aforehand, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile, ere then, ere now, before then, before now, erewhile, already, yet, beforehand, on the eve of

Phr. prior tempore prior jure

Futurity Roget’s Thesaurus §121

N. futurity, futurition, future, hereafter, time to come, approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years, morrow, millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future, approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time, destiny, eventuality, heritage, heirs posterity, prospect, foresight

V. look forwards, anticipate, (foresee) 510, forestall, come on, draw on, draw near, approach, await, threaten, impend

Adj. future, to come, coming, next, near, close at hand, eventual, ulterior, in prospect

Adv. prospectively, hereafter, in future, kal, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time, eventually, ultimately, sooner or later, proximo, paulo post futurum, in after time, one of these days, after a time, after a while, from this time, henceforth, henceforwards, thence, thenceforth, thenceforward, whereupon, upon which, soon, on the eve of, on the point of, on the brink of, about to, close upon

Phr. quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere

Earliness Roget’s Thesaurus §132

N. {ant. 133} earliness, morning, punctuality, promptitude, haste, suddenness, prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation, a stitch in time

V. be early, be beforehand, keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall, have the start, gain the start, steal a march upon, gain time, draw on futurity, bespeak, secure, engage, preengage, accelerate, expedite, make haste

Adj. early, prime, forward, prompt, summary, premature, precipitate, precocious, prevenient, anticipatory, rath, sudden, unexpected, near, near at hand, immediate

Adv. early, soon, anon, betimes, rath, eft, eftsoons, ere long, before long, shortly, beforehand, prematurely, precipitately, too soon, before its time, before one's time, in anticipation, unexpectedly, suddenly, before one can say "jack robinson", at short notice, extempore, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, at once, on the spot, on the instant, at sight, offhand, out of hand, a' vue d'oeil, straight, straightway, straightforth, forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly

Phr. no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner, tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre

Expectation Roget’s Thesaurus §507

N. expectation, expectance, expectancy, anticipation, reckoning, calculation, foresight, contemplation, prospection, lookout, prospect, perspective, horizon, vista, destiny, suspense, waiting, abeyance, curiosity, anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation, torment of tantalus, hope, trust, auspices, assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance

V. expect, look for, look out for, look forward to, hope for, anticipate, have in prospect, have in contemplation, keep in view, contemplate, promise oneself, not wonder at, not wonder if, wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for, keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for, await, stand at "attention," abide, bide one's time, watch, foresee, prepare for, forestall, count upon, think likely, lead one to expect, have in store for, prick up one's ears, hold one's breath

Adj. expectant, expecting, in expectation, on the watch, open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation, agape, gaping, all agog, on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation, aux aguets, ready, curious, looking forward to, expected, long expected, foreseen, in prospect, prospective, in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner, impending

Adv. on the watch, with breathless expectation, with bated breath, with rapt anticipation, arrectis auribus

Phr. we shall see, nous verrons, "expectation whirls me round", the light at the end of the tunnel

Possession Roget’s Thesaurus §777

N. possession, seizin, seisin, ownership, occupancy, hold, holding, tenure, tenancy, feodality, dependency, villenage, villeinage, socage, chivalry, knight service, exclusive possession, impropriation, monopoly, retention, prepossession, preoccupancy, nine points of the law, corner, usucaption, future possession, heritage, inheritance, heirship, reversion, fee, seigniority, primogeniture, ultimogeniture, futures contract, warrant, put, call, option, right of first refusal, bird in hand, uti possidetis, chose in possession

V. possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy, be possessed of, have in hand, own, command, inherit, come to, come in for, engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate, impropriate, have all to oneself, corner, have a firmhold of, get into one's hand, belong to, appertain to, pertain to, be in one's possession, vest in

Adj. possessing, worth, possessed of, seized of, master of, in possession of, usucapient, endowed with, blest with, instinct with, fraught with, laden with, charged with, possessed, on hand, by one, in hand, in store, in stock, in one's hands, in one's grasp, in one's possession, at one's command, at one's disposal, one's own, unsold, unshared

Phr. entbehre gern was du nicht hast, meum et tuum, tuum est